Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has threatened Pakistan to wipe out with the mother of nuclear
bombs.

He told an election
rally in Surendranagar, Gujrat, on Wednesday: "We
have the mother of nuclear bombs. I decided to tell [Pakistan], do whatever you
want to do but we will retaliate."

Modi's threat came as he
fights a bitter seven-part election in India. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a second term but faces a stiff challenge from
the opposition Congress party, which is hoping to capitalize on Modi's
lacklustre economic record.

Thousands of candidates from more than 2,000
parties are competing for 543 seats in parliament. The last vote is on May 19
and final results will be released on May 23.

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Modi also hinted that
Indian forces could launch a ground attack: "Shall we not kill them by entering
their houses?"

The two nuclear-armed
nations have been locked in a tense standoff since February this year when 40
Indian soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Indian administered Kashmir.

The two nuclear-armed nations have been locked in a tense standoff since February
this year.

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Tensions flared when 40
Indian soldiers were killed.

Since then, both sides
have aggressively displayed their military might. Pakistan pointed a fleet of
fighter jets at the border, while India reported, shooting down a satellite
with a ballistic space missile.

Modi said: "Those days
are gone when India would give in to threats. This is a new India and it
will strike terrorists well inside their hideouts across the border."

The bombastic rhetoric comes amid ongoing tensions and tit-for-tat
airstrikes in recent weeks, which have been marred by sporadic cross-border firefights
and violence in the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack in Pulwama in February.

As tension continues
between India and Pakistan, the Indian government on
Thursday (April 18) suspended the cross-LoC (Line of Control) trade between the
Pakistan administered and the Indian controlled Kashmir.

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According
to a notification issued by India's Ministry of Home Affairs, the trade
was suspended from both Chakothi-Uri and Tetrinote-Chakan da Bagh crossing
points of the LoC because of the alleged "misuse of these routes by
unnamed elements in Pakistan."

"The
Government of India has received reports that cross-LoC trade routes in Jammu
and Kashmir are being misused by Pakistan-based elements. This misuse involves
inflows of illegal weapons, narcotics and currency."

"The
LoC trade mechanism is, therefore, being suspended pending the putting into
place of a stricter regulatory regime. This is to ensure that only bonafide
trade takes place for the benefit of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,
through this mechanism," it added.

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